All of New York’s eyes will be on Cincinnati when the Jets and Bengals open up the NFL’s postseason. But there are plenty of other story lines for wild-card weekend and CBS analyst Dan Dierdorf talked about them with the Post’s Justin Terranova.

Q: What will the loss of Wes Welker do to the Patriots?

A: There’s not a player in the league that I admire more than Wes Welker because of his willingness to operate between the numbers, where you get hit by big people. And some teams you would think that it would be a psychologically crushing blow, but I don’t think that’s the case at all with the Patriots. They have such strong leadership, strength of character in the locker room that they are liable to take that as a real motivational tool. I would be shocked if the Patriots didn’t play a really good football game this week. Julian Edelman is not Wes Welker, but he has talent.

Q: The Ravens defense hasn’t been as dominant as they’ve been in recent years. How much of that can be attributed to Rex Ryan coming to New York?

A: Probably some. Nobody can argue the quality of work Rex Ryan put together as a defensive coordinator. The Ravens are older in a couple of positions. They are still a good defensive football team, but if Ed Reed isn’t playing up to his normal level there are some real holes in that secondary. People have been finding themselves pretty wide open on a regular basis.

Q: Is Tony Romo ready to conquer his postseason demons?

A: He’s put to rest the December thing because he’s played well down the stretch. If the Cowboys lose and Tony Romo plays poorly . . . He’s been known to go to take a vacation or two, I would leave that night if I was him — preferably someplace out of the country. But the way he played during December, it has to be giving him confidence.

Q: Can the Eagles bounce back after getting throttled last Sunday with the NFC East title on the line?

A: The Eagles have a tough task with the game being in Dallas and the way they got beat. When you get beat that badly you can say, ‘oh, no big deal’, but it is a big deal. There’s a bruising of confidence that goes on. On the other side there’s a feeling that we are better this team and if we just play good football we’ll win.

Q: Can Aaron Rodgers get out of Brett Favre’s shadow this postseason?

A: Aaron Rodgers has reached a point where the fair thing would be to stop badgering him about Brett Favre. He’s got a real chance to put it to bed forever this postseas on. If they end up playing the Vikings wouldn’t that be an event.